This may be a minor issue for some traders, but better IDs (scientific names for more exact specification) might help. "Quince" for instance could be one of the species in the Chaenomeles genus, Pseudocydonia sinensis, or maybe even Aegle marmelos. Also, some plants don't come true from seed. So seed from Lagerstroemia indica 'Whit VII' (Siren Red Crape Myrtle) do not produce Siren Red Crape Myrtles! They are simply plain Lagerstroemia indica. If the seeds are from a real Siren Red Crape, as opposed to a seedling you grew, then you could mention that the seeds came from Siren Red (but they wouldn't be Siren Red). Whether or not these types of issues really make a lot of difference when it comes to your average GardenWeb seed trader, I don't know. I've offered things that were semi-rare before, that I expected people to want, and got zero interest. I've also posted stuff that was so common you could probably just go out in the yard and grab some anywhere, and people wanted it. Sometimes these things just aren't meant for us to understand. And, BTW, I don't know the specifics regarding the lady that wanted to specify how you'd send the seeds, but, if it was in regards to packaging, seeds that are not protected during shipment are frequently a complete loss. IF that was the request, I don't really blame her (depending on how she asked of course). I would have no interest in getting seeds mailed to me in a plain envelope, even if they were seeds I had been looking for for a long time.

I eat mine and take a few bowls to share at work. I have a food dehydrator and dry figs, store the dried figs in the fridge and eat them in the winter. Drying concentrates the sugars and makes them chewy. For me figs are too special to dilute in recipes, but that's just me. My crops are never to huge at one moment - I keep the trees small and have multiple varieties to spread out the crop.

Dave, suggest that if you have the space, you look into the 3 different Pluots grafted onto one tree. Here in Z6 its barely able to bear fruit inless we get a late frost in mid May when the blossoms are open. I got mine from Peacful Valley in CA. Great supplier for all kinds of organic gardening. These are a hybrid cross of plums and apricots, and are NOT like a plumcot or any other cross. They are the firmest and sweets fruits you will ever taste. I also bought my Music garlic from them recently and they get planted in mid September. The Music garlic from last years planting has huge single layer cluster of cloves. Its hard neck and does great in our zones. This years crop has given me 5 pints of pickled garlic and also many to save and many to give away. Here is a link that might be useful: PLuot multi

Thanks for the tip. I will give it a try. The only advantage to the hidden blooms is that they seem to last forever! jwww